Talk Heathen 07.36 with Richard Gilliver and Jimmy Jr
Talk Heathen
Atheist Community of Austin
4.7 • 611 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2023
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Michael in FL asks advice on dealing with the fear of hell. Oddly, he grew up believing in Annihilationism and is now feeling depression-like effects after a dream of going to hell. It’s just programming from religion so you don’t question your beliefs. It takes time to unlearn that. Look into Recovering from Religion and the secular therapy project. RecoveringfromReligion.org
Kyle in IN says there should be lines drawn where a fetus becomes a baby in regards to abortion. There are lines in place currently, they shouldn’t be legislated across the board. Every pregnancy is different. The decision to end a pregnancy should be between a medical professional and a patient. Don’t strip people’s bodily autonomy.
Marsha in CO wants to clear up misinformation that people use to justify their pro life stance. For example, late term abortions and bodily autonomy. We’re glad you called in.An outright ban puts people at risk if they encounter an emergency in the third trimester. Why do we question bodily autonomy when it comes to this one topic?
Nick in NY asks how we can incorporate religious, or “spiritual”, experiences without a god belief while not buying into the dogma. We definitely need new words to describe these concepts to get away from the implied religious ideas. Don’t buy into religion, that sense of wonder and awe is in all of us.
Stuart in England advises to not self censure and think through those questions when the fear of hell comes up. He was terrified of questioning his beliefs and those helped him during that time. Stay on the path of questioning and working through your hell beliefs.
Otari from Georgia claims abortion is murder because the pregnancy has signs of life. (sigh) Abortion isn’t even legally considered murder. The bible disagrees with your hard stance. That book supports and even gives instructions regarding abortion. Question your beliefs and why your religion contradicts your holy book.
Jack in FL says that he is pro abortion but it is killing a living human being. Terminating a pregnancy is not a killing, murder, or manslaughter. People need to have the freedom to talk to experts and decide to end their pregnancy.
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| 0:00.0 | The Lotus Sutra says, Shariputra said to the Dragon Girl, |
| 0:03.8 | You suppose that in this short time you have been able to attain the unsurpassed way, |
| 0:08.1 | but this is difficult to believe. |
| 0:09.8 | Why? Because a woman's body is soiled and defiled. |
| 0:12.8 | Not a vessel for the law. She cannot be a budder. |
| 0:16.1 | The Quran says that those wives from who you fear arrogance first advise them, then if they persist, forsake |
| 0:22.5 | them in bed, and finally strike them. |
| 0:25.2 | And the Bible says, if a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, |
| 0:30.2 | he must pay fifty shekels of suit silver to her father. |
| 0:33.4 | Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to divorce her. |
| 0:38.9 | If you're a woman, and you defend your religious beliefs, we want to hear from you. |
| 0:43.7 | We want to know why you think it's okay for you to be subordinate to men, why you should be called |
| 0:48.5 | defiled, why your husband should be allowed to beat you, why you are the property of your |
| 0:53.3 | father to be sold if you |
| 0:54.7 | become spoiled goods? I think that's horrendous, and I think the men in your religion are weak |
| 1:00.3 | for taking that attitude towards women. I'm an atheist. I stand up for the voice of women. |
| 1:05.5 | They aren't my property. They aren't to be called a defiled or sold like commodities. |
| 1:10.4 | You have a voice, and we want to hear it. |
| 1:13.5 | Give us a call because the show is starting now. |
| 1:22.7 | Welcome to Talk Heathen. Today is Sunday, September 10th, 2023. Tomorrow, it will be 22 years |
| 1:29.6 | since four planes were hijacked and used to attack the World Trade Center. The Pentagon |
| 1:34.6 | and the fourth plane that passengers regained control of, which crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. |
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